SISKIYOU COUNTY – Last week’s thunderstorms resulted in approximately 1,200 lightning strikes, prompting wild land fires ranging in size from single snags to four acres in Siskiyou County as of Sunday afternoon.

On Wednesday and Thursday, nine fires ignited on state land in the areas of Fort Jones, Etna Summit and Hornbrook though they did not exceed 1 acre in size, said Suzi Brady, spokesperson for CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection).

Brady noted that aircraft has been deployed through Monday to monitor for sleeper fires on state land.

In the Klamath National Forest, firefighters have worked 45 lightning-caused wildfires, stated Inciweb.org. The largest at this time is the Castle Fire on the Happy Camp Ranger District, which has grown 4 to 5 acres. There are 10 personnel assigned to the Castle Fire with more on the way. Another fire in this district, the Clear Fire, is at 1.5 acres with smoke-jumpers engaged.

All other fires in the Klamath National Forest were under an acre in size as of Sunday afternoon. Crews continue to monitor and assess all forest blazes.

In addition to fires, last week’s storms prompted several trees to topple on private properties in Yreka. Steve Neill of the Yreka Department of Public Works stated that no trees came down in city parks. Trisha Coder, spokesperson for CalTrans (California Department of Transportation), said the state roadways remained clear during the storms.